Woj: Domantas Sabonis, J. Lamb, J. Holiday Traded to Sacramento for Tyrese Haliburton, Buddy Hield, T. Thompson

[baller16]

imagine being so dumb you think Vivek is handling trades, FA and the draft

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[Bad Bart]

In hindsight I think Kangz fans would be much happier and stress free in their lives if the proposed Kings relocation to Seattle happened (before the Sacramento Community led by Mayor Kevin Johnson at the time rallied to build a new stadium to replace Arco Arena)

Joking but generally feel rotten for Sac-Town fans.

Your point still stands, but KJ was made the face of the stadium push and then cast aside when he was no longer needed. The real players are still in the mayor's office in Sacramento. Also, the people of Sac never wanted the arena. There were two previous arena initiatives and both were roundly rejected at the ballot box. So, the mayor's office and city council got it pushed through in a closed session where they decided to sell off the city's parking system to help fund the arena.

[LuDux1]

After reading a thread, I thought Domantas Sabonis is dating Domantas Sabonis' daughter...

But if you are Vivek, and that trade helped your daughter find a good guy, that is some solace in a trade you badly lost at this point.

Not sure how Anjali is as a person, but I think she is super pretty and her father is billionaire, so at least on face value, Lamb doing well.

Fox wasn’t willing to play alongside Hali and he literally forced management hand to not draft Luka. Shortly after he went full bitch mode and forced his way to San Antonio. Dude should be catching more heat than Vivek imo.

Apparently Jeremy Lamb started dating Anjali when he was a player and she was the GM of the Kings (does anyone know why she was the GM)

and it fueled the firing of Mike Brown and the departure of DeAaron Fox

https://fadeawayworld.net/nba/sacramento-kings/jeremy-lambs-relationship-kings-owners-daughter-bigger-impact-expected

I didnt hear any of this, but Anjali being Kings GM sounds about right knowing how credible the ownership is. She must have learned basketball nuances from pops himself, cherry pick basketball savant.

She was Stockton Kings GM.

[Black Jack]

Stay strong Kings fans...you are building up karma points and one day you'll get your contending squad.

As a dubs fan losing Webber was devastating, never thought we'd recover from that. Then we got Curry and friends.

We done built it up 15 years prior. We’re living proof ultimate fairness doesn’t exist

I get it they probably stole a ring from you guys.

[Duffman100]

sabonis is a way better player. guess nobody wanted fox.

Right now. Yea. In 3-4 years…

are you a fortune teller you can tell 100% hali is better than sabonis?
your making wild projections nothing is a guarantee in tihis league. and this is coming from pro hali before draft.
i will gladly explain why kings smashed this trade. they cant wait that many yrs for 1 guy and their best players are pg they were operating ineffective. they already got a deal way above sabonis worth not sure whats the complaint other than trading fox for sabonis and committing highway robbery.

I guess my wild projection was right

[BoogieTime]

imagine being so dumb you think Vivek is handling trades, FA and the draft

He's responsible for Hali not being on the team IMO

He set the win now dictum, which put pressure on McNair to act, and Hali was the team's only tradable piece for a shakeup

The only way to win now, with Fox having a down year and not being tradable, was moving Hali at that point. McNair was probably responsible for the execution though, and what the return was

[BlazersBroncos]

Its nuts that Hali is only 24. I thought he was like 26.

[LightTheBeam]

It's funny that a good amount of Kings fans here on the boards, on twitter, etc.. Still think that this team should pursue a win now approach or that trading for LaVine was a good idea.

I went through stages with this trade. Initial was didn't love Sabonis, then understood making way for Fox to progress, but when you see what else the two teams did after the trade it just goes to show the difference in a great organization vs the most incompetent organization in all of sports.

Kings hired a clown coach
Kings then added Trey Lyles, Huerter, Sasha Vezenkov, Monk, Derozan, Keegan as the notable acquisitions. Of those, the only two that actually made sense were Keegan and Monk. So 2 players added in 3.5 years.

Pacers have a top 3 coach
Pacers then overhauled the roster nearly top to bottom. Nesmith, Nembhard, Siakam, Toppin, Mathurin, Sheppard, Walker.

One team decided to build around shooting, defense, length. The other team literally had no vision whatsoever. I said it the off-season after we won 48 games, extending Sabonis early, resigning Barnes, and wasting money on Sasha was a nail in the coffin. How they were satisfied after watching that GS series baffles me.

FIRE VIVEK, SELL THE TEAM

[Wargreymon]

Its nuts that Hali is only 24. I thought he was like 26.

Yeah I thought he was older than Fox too but nope

[Chuck Everett]

Free Keegan Murray!

[Shock Defeat]

imagine being so dumb you think Vivek is handling trades, FA and the draft

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Vivek overruled the Kings front office from drafting...Elfrid Payton.

A scrub for a scrub. Vivek sucks but the Kings decision-makers that he hired are no better than him in theory.

[SlimShady83]

LOL because it's the offseason for pretty much everyone, I thought the trade just happend and thought WTF LOL, this was posted back in 2022, can we block this thread, I understand the reason for bumping, but It started back in 2022.

[Frank Dux]

I don’t know what’s worse. Passing on Doncic for Bagley, or having Haliburton in your facility for over a year and then saying “hey lets trade our young future all star guard for a big with a questionable playoff skill set”.

Horrific asset management from the Kings.

[MrGoat]

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To be fair to Kings fans. Some of them reacted almost as badly to this trade as Mavs fans did to the Luka trade as I posted on page 8 over three years ago, evidence above

[scrabbarista]

I have placed my vote for Indiana.

[YogurtProducer]

I have placed my vote for Indiana.

I don’t know man, maybe we should give it some time.

[brutalitops]

It's funny that a good amount of Kings fans here on the boards, on twitter, etc.. Still think that this team should pursue a win now approach or that trading for LaVine was a good idea.

I went through stages with this trade. Initial was didn't love Sabonis, then understood making way for Fox to progress, but when you see what else the two teams did after the trade it just goes to show the difference in a great organization vs the most incompetent organization in all of sports.

Kings hired a clown coach
Kings then added Trey Lyles, Huerter, Sasha Vezenkov, Monk, Derozan, Keegan as the notable acquisitions. Of those, the only two that actually made sense were Keegan and Monk. So 2 players added in 3.5 years.

Pacers have a top 3 coach
Pacers then overhauled the roster nearly top to bottom. Nesmith, Nembhard, Siakam, Toppin, Mathurin, Sheppard, Walker.

One team decided to build around shooting, defense, length. The other team literally had no vision whatsoever. I said it the off-season after we won 48 games, extending Sabonis early, resigning Barnes, and wasting money on Sasha was a nail in the coffin. How they were satisfied after watching that GS series baffles me.

FIRE VIVEK, SELL THE TEAM

Always thought they traded the wrong PG at the time, I didn't think Haliburton would get here. I thought at best he might hit one All nba team, be a maybe an all star year by year, But yeah he crushed those expectations, Tell me he finishes his career as 2 time all nba player, gets to a conference finals once and then an NBA finals I go "yeah he accomplished what I think he could"

But he's 25 and an incredibly gifted PG who will still be able to influence games even if he loses a step of pace, He aint physically dominating, He's just one of the best PG's in the game of setting up team mates and has a great cast around him of Nembhard who can do it all, Siakam who again, jack of all trades, And Nesmith who if hes sharing the court with two of those guys, his lack of creativity really doesnt hinder the team at all

Giving up Hield and Haliburton (Yeah Hield was actively wanting out) to bring back nil shooting was pretty dumb as well (Somehow got Kevin and Monk in career years next season and amazingly replaced this by accident but still amazing)

Fox was better but Haliburton was a better fit in general to build on, and could still push the pace to go win now

it didn't work, But now your 3 best players are 30 and a core of Derozan/Sabonis/Lavine isnt doing much. Sabonis is a great player but almost untradable till 2026-2027.

I would be doing my best to try to sell Keegan Murray right now before you have to think of extending him if you are not going to sign him under 25M, Getting picks for Monk and/or sending Derozan out to a contender for free to get some space to potentially pick up an albatross contract for an asset or two, seeing if Lavine can be traded mid-season with the oppotunity to opt out and get a better deal somewhere else so you can get something, and just start the process from this year of getting a chance to pick up a good player.

[Black Jack]

In hindsight I think Kangz fans would be much happier and stress free in their lives if the proposed Kings relocation to Seattle happened (before the Sacramento Community led by Mayor Kevin Johnson at the time rallied to build a new stadium to replace Arco Arena)

Joking but generally feel rotten for Sac-Town fans.

Your point still stands, but KJ was made the face of the stadium push and then cast aside when he was no longer needed. The real players are still in the mayor's office in Sacramento. Also, the people of Sac never wanted the arena. There were two previous arena initiatives and both were roundly rejected at the ballot box. So, the mayor's office and city council got it pushed through in a closed session where they decided to sell off the city's parking system to help fund the arena.

There ideally should be federal legislation taxing the hell out of stadium subsidies but we're a long way from that type of sensible legislation.

It's criminal when pro sports leagues get these big subsidies.

[Black Jack]

Halli looking like an atg now...a Kidd / Nash type playmaker at the point is hard to find.

[Ryoga Hibiki]

I don't rhink this trade was the issue for the kings, as mush as how they handled everything elese